Besides every gen there are arguments over what starters are good and what starters are shit.

I remember Oshawott was hated when it was revealed in Gen 5. It took some Metal Gear and the revealing of the evos that it was rescued. Gen 6 wise, the starters were liked evenly...until the second-stage evos happened where the Chespin line got hate for an ugly second evo. Then the final evos were shown. The Fennekin line got hate for an ugly final evo (later rescued), the Chespin line was rescued with the final evo, and the Froakie line was always liked from the start.

Seems like Gen VII starters are a repeat of Gen V with the water line being hated for bad designs. But I have a feeling Popplio will get rescued by its evos. Rowlet should be fine since we haven't had a Grass/Flying starter. Litten though may draw a little ire with its evos though, especially if it goes down the Fire/Dark route in the evos (it will just become a cat version of the Houndour line in that case).

These look fake as all fuck. I was thinking that it'd be pretty soon before we'd see fake-ass drawings of the starter stage 2s, but damnit, the day came sooner than I really expected. If this were real, though, I'd be sorta pleased with the cat and bird pokes, since they're both improvements over their starter forms. The seal, however, is just as bad, if not worse.

Also, not sure where he's getting this, but a student of mine says that the cat's got a fire hairball attack, lol. Since starter pokes have unique moves, this cat coughs up incendiary hairballs. xD

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